Word: spirited
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this simply means that the spirit of militarism and Naziism is not dead in Germany. The question is: how strong or how weak is its remaining life? At least one of the occupation powers (Russia) proclaimed that it was still very strong indeed. The Russian zone has for weeks been swept by a major denazification purge. The story behind it tells much of the real and fancied strength of Naziism today...
...millions of Germans, the spirit of Naziism is buried in the ashes of their homes, with the broken bodies of their dead. There is no German resistance as such and no foreseeable likelihood that there will ever be an integrated, determined organization capable of making real trouble for any of the occupation powers. The much-publicized Nazi plot uncovered last week was, in the U.S. Army's own words, "a rather nebulous movement" (many of those arrested were long-known Nazis left at liberty as decoys...
Something besides fright and disillusionment was abroad in Britain. This disaster gave neither call nor lift to the human spirit, as had Dunkirk and the bombs. But one quality of the people stood out: Britons blamed only Britons. Gone was the cloying tendency to blame everything on the war and bad luck. Britons looked to themselves as they had not for a long time. That is their strength, and it may be their salvation...
Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 10 p.m., ABC). Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, with Clifton Webb, Mildred Natwick, Peggy Wood, Leonora Corbett...
...causes are given for the Varsity's revival: the mass return of older, tested performers like Jack Fisher, Pete Garland, Wes Flint (captain), Bill Jackson, and Gene Harrigan and their spirit-producing willingness to absorb coaching finesse; and the quality of the coaching Head-coach Mikkola's reputation is worldwide. Freshman coach Ed Flanagan, whose record at Andover established him as one of the country's leading shot and field specialists, is new here...